• DrDystopia@lemy.lol
        1·
        10 个月前

        Isolated dummy contacts and fake geolocation.

        Yes, Chinese company I am the king, can’t you see how my eScooter is parked at the royal residence 24/7?

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    10 个月前

    I’m currently in a whole thing with the marketing team where we’re basically forced to do an app version of our website because bookmarks just aren’t done that well in mobile browsers. If you make the user install an app, then it’ll be on their home screen and they’ll be more likely to return to your site, whereas if you’re web-only there’s a chance they’ll forget about you after the first visit.

    It’s going to cost us tens of thousands to develop the mobile app, $100/year for Apple’s developer fee, and 30% of our subscription revenue, all whilst providing no actual technical benefits or making it easier for the user.

    Apple and Google have made billions of dollars just off the back of nothing more than websites wanting to have their link appear on the mobile’s home screen.

    • PartySlices@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 个月前

      Just make your website a progressive web app, then the end user can install it just like a native app and you skip all the BS that a native app needs. And only one platform to support.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
      01·
      10 个月前

      Fun fact: you can easily make shortcuts for sites on linux and windows’ home desktop, which will open the default browser at the page. You cannot create a URL shortcut in the home screen of fucking android unless you’re using fucking chrome. Hell, depending on the browser, you can’t even fucking save the html for offline reading. I doubt iphones are any better

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 个月前

    I block 99% of all trackers and social media.

    I can’t even order a fucking pizza online.

    fuck this commercial world.

      • CL4P-TP@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        10 个月前

        Can I see your call log?

        How about your contacts then?

        Messages would be ok too.

        Nevermind. Forget all that. Can I access your camera?

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 个月前

          Petty little bitches. I almost always find Sxan’s comments useful and relevant, good discussion. Hope they hang in with their style and fuck the haters.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    10 个月前

    Maybe it’s not so much the business as the consumer. Commented before on travelling to a new client’s shop and having the employees asking for an app to access their payroll.

    Told the manager that our site would automatically optimize for phone, works great as-is.

    “These people are not going to understand that unless they can download an app.”

    “No problem. I’ll show everyone how to put a shortcut on their home screen. Done! I’ll even write up directions for Android and Apple.”

    <manager shaking her head>

    Understand, a load of these people were illiterate, embarrassed to need help filling out the online hiring docs.

    If this was your experience as a business, would you not wrap your site in an app and push it? Plus, imagine the talk, “Yeah, site’s OK but they don’t have an app.”

    • Landless2029@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 个月前

      That’s understandable, but not the point of the comic.

      Some sites don’t just off apps but require them for service.

      I read fan translated stories. I tried the paid officially licensed website. Forced app. Tried it. DRM bullshit. Can’t even download a chapter. Tried website on desktop.

      Website literally told me to get a phone and the app…

      They never saw another penny from me. I started donating to fan translations groups and just using machine translations.

      Edit: name and shame.

      I forget the stupid name but webtoon.com got into web novels and it was the absolute worst experience. The translation was fine but slow, extremely expensive and loaded with DRM. If I “unlock” something to read I’d like to download a copy.

      To hell with your “you own nothing” business model. Shit I could buy physical copies of books for cheaper than their crap.